Commit 0ff8fda6e2cc41db94e40c756873099e45484df9
Parent: 46f968e7fb740ca12dc6ec6d238648a060a3178f
Author: mcol <mcol@posteo.net>
Date: 2021-12-23 19:06:19 +0000
Committer: mcol <mcol@posteo.net>
Committed: 2021-12-23 19:06:19 +0000

Add tags prototype

tags.py Added

@@ -0,0 +1,73 @@
+"""
+Tags
+====
+
+This workflow replaces groups. There is only one group defined per (possible) screen. No
+keybindings are defined to switch between groups or to move windows between groups. If
+only one monitor is connected then only the first group is ever used, etc.
+
+"""
+
+from __future__ import annotations
+
+import os
+from collections import defaultdict
+from typing import TYPE_CHECKING
+
+from libqtile import hook, qtile
+from libqtile.backend.base import Window
+from libqtile.config import Group, Match
+from libqtile.lazy import lazy
+from libqtile.log_utils import logger
+
+if TYPE_CHECKING:
+    from typing import List, Tuple
+
+
+groups: List[Group] = [Group("")]
+
+tags: List[Tuple[str, Match, List[Window]]] = [
+    ("terms", Match(wm_class="foot"), []),
+    ("firefox", Match(wm_class="firefox"), []),
+    ("thunar", Match(wm_class="thunar"), []),
+]
+
+
+@hook.subscribe.client_new
+def _(window):
+    """
+    This adds windows to any tags that match it.
+    """
+    if isinstance(window, Window):  # Static windows ignored
+        for name, match, windows in tags:
+            if match.compare(window):
+                windows.append(window)
+                tag_hidden = windows[0].minimized
+                window.minimized = tag_hidden
+                qtile.current_screen.group.add(
+                    window, focus=window.can_steal_focus and tag_hidden
+                )
+
+
+def _toggle_tag(_qtile, to_toggle: str):
+    """
+    This is bound to keys to show/hide all windows of a given tag. It toggles their
+    minimized state.
+    """
+    for name, match, windows in tags:
+        if name == to_toggle:
+            for window in windows:
+                window.cmd_toggle_minimize()
+            return
+
+
+mod = "mod1" if int(os.environ.get("QTILE_XEPHYR", 0)) else "mod4"
+
+keys_group: Tuple[List[str], str, Any, str] = []
+
+for i, (name, _, _) in enumerate(tags):
+    keys_group.extend(
+        [
+            ([mod], str(i + 1), lazy.function(_toggle_tag, name), f"Toggle tag {name}"),
+        ]
+    )

config.py Modified

@@ -30,10 +30,17 @@
     if module in sys.modules:
         importlib.reload(sys.modules[module])
 
+
 import traverse
 
-reload("groups")
-from groups import groups, keys_group
+use_tags = False
+
+if use_tags:
+    reload("tags")
+    from tags import groups, keys_group
+else:
+    reload("groups")
+    from groups import groups, keys_group
 
 reload("scratchpad")
 from scratchpad import keys_scratchpad, scratchpad